Toilet-cabinet



R. 8.. C. FOW.

TOILET CABINET. APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1918.

1,365,313. Patented Jan. 11,1921.

D STATES PATEN OFFICE.

RAYMOND S. C. FOW, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGN'OR TO CHARLES W.

SCHAFFER, JR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOILET-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented Jan. 11, 1921.

Application filed May 6, 1918. Serial No. 232,750.

an improved construction of cabinet for use in connection with fountain syringes and water bottles, whereby these artictles are normally stored in proper condition for their preservation and cleanliness, as well as properly supporting the syringe in use. It is a common practice in bath rooms to have syringes and water bottles hanging upon nails driven into the wall thereby providing not only an ungainly appearance, but also objectionable in that they are constantly being covered with dust, and the drippings therefrom stain and injure the walls, and moreover where medicated fluids are employed, which in some instances are more or less poisonous and corrosive, dangers arise especially to children by the unprotected sup porting of such articles within reach. These objections are entirely overcome by the use of my improved cabinet.

In carrying out my invention I provide a wall cabinet havinga hinge cover, the said cabinet having therein provision for sustaining the fountain syringe, not only as to the body thereof, but also the tube in such manner that it shall be properly sustained without danger of injury and whereby all fluid will drain in a proper receptacle adapted therein for the purpose. My improvements also comprehend means for supporting the water bottle on the door portion and so positioned and attached thereto that when the same is closed upon the body of the cabinet, the projecting parts are received between the retaining and supporting parts within the body for the syringe structure and insuch manner that the cabinet may be relatively shallow with full provision for supporting both the syringe and bottle in parallel planes directly in front of each other and without interference, and when the cabinet is open to provide access thereto, said syringe and bottle are separated and each entirely exposed for ready access without obstruction by the presence of the-other.

My invention also consists of specific improvements in addition to the features above enumerated and which are hereinafter described, and whereby the above objects and results are attained, said improvements comprising syringe organization and combination of parts which are fully illustrated and described and more particularly defined in the claims.

Referring to the drawings :Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved cabinet with the door thereof open and showing the syringe and water bottle elements andother accessories in their assembled relation; Fig.

2 is a vertical-sectional view through the the upper portion of the body and below the cabinet when closed; Fig. 3 is a detail in section showing the manner of hinging the towel rack, and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the means for holding the neck of the water bottle to the cover.

2 is the body of the cabinet and 3 is the cover, the latter hinged to the body by hinges 4:. The interior of the body 2 is divided into four divisions or compartments by division plates extending forward from the back. 5 is the most important of these division plates and this extends downward from each side wall of the cabinet, beginning about the middle thereof and continuing downward tothe median line of the body of the cabinet in a curved portion 6 located'at some distance above the bottom wall of the cabinet. This plate is U shaped at 6 with flaring upper portions 5, which are prefer,- ably of an ogee shape, as shown in Fig. 1. The extreme lower part of the U portion 6 is formed with an aperture 9 therein. The forward edges of these plate portions 5 and 6 are preferably beaded as at 6 to give .to the plate a gutter shape and positively insure all of the drainage finding its way into the cup through aperture 9. As shown, there are also preferably two vertical plates 11 arranged at a distance apart to form a compartment 10 below the U shaped plate 6 and also providing the lateral compartments 12 at each side of the cabinet and below the portions 5 of the aforesaid U shaped division plate 5, 6. In the compartment 8 and near top wall of the cabinet, is secured a curved or bowed plate 15 having a grooved cross sec,- tion (Fig. 2) and prefera 1y perforated at 16 along its bottom to facilitate drainage and ventilation. l

This plate is of less length than the width of the cabinet so asto form a space in the compartment 8 between the ends of said plate 15 and the walls of the cabinet. Immediately below the plate 15 and projecting forward from the back of the cabinet is a hook shaped support 17, the same being centrally arranged with respect to the width of the compartment.

22 represents the bag of the fountain syringe and which is hung upon the hook shaped support 17 and extends downward curved plate 6, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

In this manner the fountain syringe is wholly contained within the chamber compartment 8 and with the tube or hose loop in front of the bag. Any drainage from the s inge will be guided downward and t rough the opening 9 and into a removable cup 34, which is placed within thecompartment 10 immediately below the U shaped division plate 6, thereby providing cleanliness. In the compartments 12 at each side of the compartments 7 and 10 are placed the other attachments of the syringe as well as provision for receiving bottles containing the solutions which mayv be employed. These compartments are preferably provided with spring wire catches 13 for holding the syringe terminals. Cross bars 14 are employed so that bottles placed in position in said compartments will not fall outward from any jarring of the cabinet.

19 is a towel rack and comprises a U- shaped wirehaving its upper ends bent inward as at 20, said portions being received in eyelets 21 fastened in the side walls of the cabinet (Fig. 3) close to the bottom. By this construction the towel rack 19 is free to swing for convenience in placing the towel in position and also for convenience in packing during shipment. The said towel rack may also be sprung out of attachment with the cabinet and placed within the same during the shipping of the same ifso desired. I

The door 3 of the cabinet is provided near its upper portion with a projecting hook 25, upon which a water bottle 32 may be hung. At a distance below the hook 25 is a cross wire 26 back of which the bottle is suspended and which keeps it from swin ing outward. At the lower portion of the oor and back of the neck33 of the bottle is arranged a wire and spring clamping device comprising a vertical wire 28 upon which one end of a coil spring 27 is 1ooped=- at 29 whereby the spring may be adjusted higher or lower upon the wire. The other end of the spring is looped as at 30 and is adapted to snap over projecting portions 31 from the wire frame, thereby holding the neck of the bottle; In this manner the spring 27 is' stretched over the neck of the bottle and holds it tightly against the cover thereby posltioning it centrally and holding it from swinging outward. The spring may be adjusted at three levels to suit bottles of dif ferent lengths. When the. cover is closed upon the body cabinet the neck portion of the bottle and the clamping spring 27 fit into the space 7 formed by the U shaped division plate 6 and thus provides compactness in the fitting of the parts. The body of the bottle fits into the compartment 8 in front of the syringe bag 22 and above the curved portion 5 of the division plate and consequently the cabinet as a whole is relatively shallow and unobjectionable in respect, to the size thereof and the space necessary for its use.

While the joining of the cover to the body provides more or less ventilation, nevertheless the walls of the body may be provided with perforations as at 18 which will allow air circulation and thereby prevent any accumulations of foul air within the cabinet. I It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful construction which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable, and while I have in the present instance shown and described the preferred embodiment thereof which has been found in practice to givev satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that I do not restrict myself to the details,

as the same are susceptible of modification in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a toilet cabinet, the combination of a casing and hinged cover therefor, said casing comprising a chamber open at the front and having a curved saddle of less width than the case and also a suspension support at its upper interior portion and further provided at its lower interior portion with a downwardly extending U shaped division plate the lower end of which is above the bottom wall-of the casing and provided with an aperture, said suspension support and saddle adapted to respectively sustain a syringe bag and tube thereof and the apertured division plate adapted to receive the syringe nozzle.

2. In a toilet cabinet, the combination of a casing and hinged cover therefor, said casing comprising a chamber open at the front and having a curved saddle of less width than the case and also a suspension support at its upper interior portion and further provided at its lower interior portion with a downwardly extendin' U shaped division plate the lower end 0 which 1s above the bottom wall of the casing and provided with an. aperture, with a removable draina e cup below the aperture in the U shapeddivision plate, a fountain syringe having its bag or body portion sustained by the suspension support, its tube looped over and supported by the curved saddle plate and its nozzle extending through the aperture in the U shaped division plate and over the removable drainage cup.

3. In a toilet cabinet, a casing providing a compartment and a cover hinged thereto,

combined with a suspension device at the median upper portion of the compartment, a saddle plate arranged within the compartment at a higher elevation than the suspension device, a fountainsyringe having its body suspended from the suspension'device and its tube looped over the saddle plate,

and a transversely arranged plate structure within the body having an apertureat its lowest part and constituting supporting means for the tube and nozzle of the syringe within the compartment above 'the'bottom.

thereof. 4 v 4. In atoilet cabinet, a casing providing a compartment and its cover hinged thereto,

combined with a suspension device at the median upper portion of the compartment, a saddle plate arranged within the compartment above the suspension device, a fountain syringe having its body suspended from the suspension device and its tube looped over.

the saddle plate,'a removable receptacle in the lower part of the compartment, and a transverse plate curved downward arran ed across the compartment below the sa dle plate and syringe and having a discharge passage at its lowest part for guiding the drainage from the syringe into the receptacle.

5.. In a toilet cabinet, a casing providing a compartment and its cover hinged thereto, combined with a" suspension devicefat' the median upper portion of the compartment,

a saddle plate arranged within the com'partment above the suspension device, a fountain] syringe having its body suspended from the suspension device and its tube looped over the saddle plate, a removable receptacle in the lower partofthe compartment, and, means arranged across the'compartment for g guiding the drainage from the syringe .lhtO the receptacle, said means having an ,opening in its lowest part and throu h which the drainage may pass and also a apted to receive the syringe nozzle and hold it iii position to drain into the receptacle.

' 6. In a toilet cabinet, a casing providing a large uppervcompartment and a transverse 66 partition providing a plurality of small lower compartments and into one of which the upper compartment drains, means in the upper compartment for suspending a fountain syringe and its tube, means in one of 70 the lower compartments to receive the drainage fluidfrom the syringe and upper compartment, means in the remaining lower compartments for detachably supporting nozzle attachments. for: the syringe, and a fountain syringe having its bag and tube suspended in the upper compartment and its detachable nozzles suspended in the lower compartments.

7. In a toilet cabinet, a deep box shaped siyl ringe, a hook extending inwardly from t e inside of the cover near its upper part,

- and a clamping device near the bottom of the cover for clamping the neck of a water bottle suspended in an inverted manner from the hook, said clamping device comprising a vertical wire and a plurality of lateral projections at different vertical elevations, combined with a coiled wire clamping band slidably connected on .the vertical wire and adapted to engage either of-the' lateral projections to suit water bottles of different heights.

- 8 In a toilet cabinet, a deep box shapedbody combined with a shallow cover hinged thereto to open about a vertical axis, means within the deep box shaped body for supporting the bag and tube of a, fountain syringe, a hook extending inwardly from the inside of the cover near its upper cover for clamping the neck of a water hottle suspended in an inverted manner from the hook, and a transverse wire across .the

cover to holdthe body of the water bottle 7 from swinging into contact wlth'thesyringe when the cover is closed. F I In testimony ofvwhich inv'ention,..'I hereunto set my hand. v r v 1 RAYMOND S. .C. FOW.

art, a clamping device near the bottom 0 the 

